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scenarii

/sɛˈnɑːɹiː/

scenarii is the plural of scenario.

Meaning of scenario

Noun

scenario (plural scenarios or (rare) scenari)

  1. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
    • Hearts were keen to avoid a repeat of the scenario at this stage of last season's competition, when they found themselves two goals down inside the opening quarter of an hour.2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
  2. (dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
  3. (dated) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

Origin of scenarii

From scenario, the terminal o having been replaced with an i to form its plural, by the Italian -o → -i pattern for forming plurals, by analogy with concerti and virtuosi. However, the modern plural of the Italian word scenario is scenari.

Questions about scenarii

What is scenarii the plural of?
Scenarii is the plural of scenario.
How do you pronounce scenarii?
Scenarii is pronounced /sɛˈnɑːɹiː/.

Words near scenarii in the dictionary

  1. scelps
  2. scena
  3. scenae
  4. scenari
  5. scenaria
  6. scenarii
  7. scenario
  8. scenarioist
  9. scenarioists
  10. scenarioize
  11. scenarioized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scenarii (page history and authors); scenario (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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